60% of Zimbabwe water sources unsafe – UNICEF
NEW YORK, Feb 13 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — At least 60% of water sources in the country are unsafe, leaving most families…
AfDB gives Uganda $1m for Ebola response programme
ABIDJAN, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released a $1 million to help Uganda in its…
Portugal freezes Isabel’s accounts at request of Angola govt
Isabel was head of the country’s oil firm, SONANGOL. LUANDA, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Angolan government’s request to freeze…
Lassa fever kills 1,047 Nigerians
ABUJA, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A total of 1,047 Nigerians have died of Lassa fever since the first reported case…
For ninth year, Dangote named Africa’s wealthiest person
Aliko Dangote NEW YORK, Feb 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has been named the wealthiest…
Russian Pres Putin, Turkish counterpart Erdogan discuss Syria’s Idlib by phone
MOSCOW, Feb 13 (NNN-XINHUA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin andhis Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in the…
Nicaragua opens special police station to protect women
MANAGUA, Feb 12 (NNN-TELESUR) — Managua has a new police station specifically created to protect women from gender violence as part of the Women for…
Bolivia’s electoral body bars more than 350 candidates
LA PAZ, Feb 12 (NNN-TELESUR) — The president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Bolivia, Salvador Romero, said that…
Dutch order poultry to be kept indoors after German bird flu outbreak
THE HAGUE, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Dutch farm ministry has ordered all commercial poultry farmers should keep their birds…
US evacuees freed from Covid-19 quarantine, officials fear discrimination
Evacuees from the China coronavirus outbreak toss their masks after finishing quarantine in Riverside, California LOS ANGELES, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES)…